Posted on 03/12/2025 5:34:33 AM PDT by Red Badger
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, carrying NASA’s SPHEREx (Spectro-Photometer for the History of the Universe, Epoch of Reionization and Ices Explorer) observatory and PUNCH (Polarimeter to Unify the Corona and Heliosphere) satellites, launches from Space Launch Complex 4 East at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California on Tuesday, March 11, 2025. SPHEREx will use its telescope to provide an all-sky spectral survey, creating a 3D map of the entire sky to help scientists investigate the origins of our universe. PUNCH will study origins of the Sun’s outflow of material, or the solar wind, capturing continuous 3D images of the Sun’s corona and the solar wind’s journey into the solar system. Credit: NASA/Jim Ross
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NASA’s SPHEREx mission has successfully communicated with Earth, marking the start of an ambitious journey to map the cosmos. Over the next two years, the telescope will scan the entire sky, gathering data from over 450 million galaxies and 100 million stars to unlock the universe’s origins.
NASA’s SPHEREx (Spectro-Photometer for the History of the Universe, Epoch of Reionization and Ices Explorer) mission has successfully established communication with Earth, confirming that the spacecraft is operating as expected and generating power.
In the coming weeks, the SPHEREx team will prepare the observatory for its science mission. This includes calibrating its instruments, cooling the telescope to its optimal operating temperature, and assessing its optical performance in space.
A Mission to Unravel the Universe’s Origins
Over its planned two-year mission, SPHEREx will survey more than 450 million galaxies and over 100 million stars in the Milky Way. By studying the origins of the universe, it will contribute to NASA’s broader goal of uncovering cosmic mysteries and searching for conditions that could support life elsewhere.
A 3D Map of the Cosmos
The mission’s 3D all-sky map will help scientists answer big-picture questions about the universe. The mission will investigate a cosmic phenomenon called inflation that caused the universe to expand rapidly for a fraction of a second after the big bang, measure the collective glow created by galaxies near and far, including hidden galaxies that have not been individually observed, and search the Milky Way galaxy for hidden reservoirs of water, carbon dioxide, and other essential ingredients for life.
A New Era of Space Exploration
The SPHEREx mission’s ability to scan large sections of the sky quickly and gather data on millions of objects complements the work of more targeted telescopes, like NASA’s Hubble and James Webb, and the observatory’s data will be freely available to scientists around the world, providing a new encyclopedia of information about hundreds of millions of cosmic objects.
BTT!!!
Don't be silly. It's off at night, just keep it off an extra hour each day.
“unlock the origins of the universe”
I heard a good line recently from a Biblical scholar named Wes Huff. I don’t know if it is original with him.
“Why are atheists so eager to believe in the virgin birth of the universe - but reject the virgin birth of Christ?”
“… I wonder if it will be discovered that the Sun is the primary source of energy driving Earth’s climate? 🙃…”
What a ridiculous question. SUVs control the climate.
📢By studying the origins of the universe, it will contribute to NASA's broader goal of uncovering cosmic mysteries and searching for conditions that could support life elsewhere.*
Shaped like a megaphone, the upcoming mission will map the entire sky in infrared light to answer big questions about the universe.
6 Things to Know About SPHEREx, NASA's Newest Space Telescope
AI Overview
Learn moreSPHEREx, short for "Spectro-Photometer for the History of the Universe, Epoch of Reionization, and Ices Explorer," is a NASA mission focusing on the origin and evolution of the universe, expected to see "first light" (i.e., capture its first cosmic image) within six months of its launch, which is slated for later this month, March 12, 2025.
Great! Here we are.
SPHEREx... it's more than a play on the ten ("X") Sephirot, which is in the form of a tree of life diagram:
The sefirot are the ten spheres on the Tree of Life.
Each sefirah (singular of sefirot) represents a different aspect of the Divine,
as well as aspects of human consciousness and existence.
10. Malkuth (kingdom)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tree_of_life_(Kabbalah)
Malchut -- Kingdom, [of David] is Sphere X, 10.
SphereX -- Manufacturer Ball Aerospace & Technologies
Play ball --
סְפֵירָה f.n. PBH 1 ball. MH 2 sphere, any of the ten potencies or agencies of the divine manifestation (a term of the ‘Kaballah’ (sic)). NH 3 environment. [From Gk. sphaira (= ball, globe, sphere), which is of uncertain origin. cp. the second element in אַטְמוֹסְפֵירָה, טְרוֹפּוֹסְפֵירָה, יוֹנוֹסְפֵירָה, סְטְרָטוֹסְפֵירָה, פוֹטוֹסְפֵירָה.]
Shaped like a megaphone... or the Apollo command module, inverted:
SphereX
The Moon symbolizes the Kingdom of David, so as far as mega malchut sphere x announcements go, Columbia ("dove") launched the Eagle to Tranquility Base.
That's one small step for man
One giant leap for mankind
Splashdown date of the dove Columbia: Tisha B'Av, the saddest day on the Jewish calendar that became a day of great joy across the entire world.
During splashdown, Columbia landed upside down but was righted within ten minutes by flotation bags activated by the astronauts.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_11#Splashdown_and_quarantine
Also as far as mega announcements go, "David" [דוד] = 14, and yesterday's SphereX launch day marked 14 years since the undersea megathrust earthquake and tsunami.
The "irrelevant" stuff people miss, even when DAVIDSON is mega-visible from I-565, ALT-72 (חסד Chesed "loving kindness" = 72, see above diagram) the "Ohr Mashiach" [565 = אור משיח] Messianic Light highway in Huntsville:
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Visiting Marshall
NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center is situated on the U.S. Army's Redstone Arsenal in Huntsville, Alabama. Visitors are welcomed at the U.S. Space & Rocket Center, Marshall's official Visitor Center. U.S. Space & Rocket Center visitors can learn more about Marshall's legacy and ongoing work.
Interactive exhibits and historic artifacts demonstrate our critical role in supporting the breadth of NASA's exploration and science missions. Visitors will learn how Marshall develops, integrates and manages complex space systems and scientific research projects that continue to yield exciting and innovative scientific discoveries.
U.S. Space & Rocket Center bus tours of Marshall are $25 per person and must be purchased in-person the day of the tour by 1 p.m. A valid government-issued photo ID is required, and all attendees must be U.S. citizens. For more information, visit rocketcenter.com/bustours.
https://www.nasa.gov/marshall/visit-marshall-space-flight-center/
*There's ALWAYS a song:
Oh, they tell me of a home where my friends have gone
Oh, they tell me of that land far away
Where the tree of life in eternal bloom
Sheds its fragrance through the unclouded day
Oh, the land of cloudless day
Oh, the land of an unclouded sky
Oh, they tell me of a home where no storm clouds rise
Oh, they tell me of an unclouded day..
"If it sounds Country, Man, that's what it is. It's a Country song." ~ Kris Kristofferson
Ok, why? I read up on it and the official explanations of touching them up to easier understand what is there seems reasonable. What’s the problem?
ditto!
I watched the launch replay, boy that second stage burn was hauling the mail. Must have been a light load, because the booster landed back in California.
Up yours, Democrats.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MlwOEMQc6FE
"Touched up" photos of the universe are false color to show different wavelengths of light that the eye can't see, or are showing temperature differentials between objects, or are showing the doppler effect of moving objects relative to each other.
-PJ
I thought Webb was doing all of that. Don’t really hear to much from Webb, after, I suppose, it disproved the Big Bang theory.
Punch was launched into orbit. No word about Judy.
* * * SPHEREx / Sefirot * * *
Good point😂
“(Spectro-Photometer for the History of the Universe, Epoch of Reionization and Ices Explorer)”
It’s almost as if the acronym came first, and then they tried to cram a meaning into it.
Governments and especially the military loves acronyms.................
I would have called it “Super Duper 3-D Mapper”. But they didn’t ask me.
Hmmm...
Why do I feel that the already ridiculous number of paper co-authors will reach biblical proportions very soon?
Success has a thousand fathers.
Failure is an orphan.......................
Thanks, that was beautiful.
I’ve been busy all over the place the past few days so it had slid by me.
I see every successful rocket launch as a miracle. Everything always needs to go just right, or it’s the big kablooey.
Wow, great post! Very cool!
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